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Regional Health and Education Promotion Officer at the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), Marceleen Wheatle, addresses a recent JIS Think Tank.

Jamaica Moves Student Ambassadors to be Appointed

The Ministry of Health, through its Jamaica Moves initiative, will be training and appointing student ambassadors who will be charged with passing on the message of healthy lifestyle to their peers. The initiative was recently launched in pilot schools across...

New mother, Mrs. Simone McLeod (left), gets some tips for breastfeeding from Consultant in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Dr. Donna-Marie Gray-Henry, inside the new breastfeeding room at the Mandeville Regional Hospital, on Friday, October 26.

Breastfeeding Best Investment in Long-Term Health of Infant – Consultant

Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) Director General, Carol Coy, speaking at a Jamaica Information Service Think Tank.

STATIN to Host Statistics Stakeholder Workshop

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, engages with High Commissioner to London, His Excellency Seth George Ramocan (left); and International reggae artist Freddy McGregor. Occasion was a reception before the start of Sunday’s (October 28) friendly football match between the Reggae Girlz and England’s Nottingham Forest Ladies in City Ground, Nottingham. The Jamaicans won the match 3-0.

Reggae Girlz Friendly in UK a Tribute to Windrush Generation

(FILE Photo) Government Senator Kerensia Morrison (standing) highlights a point while opening the State of the Nation debate in the Senate on Friday (October 26). Other Government Senators pictured (seated from left, second row) are: Matthew Samuda; and Dr. Saphire Longmore. In the front row is Senator Ransford Braham.

Senator Calls for Safe-Sex Campaign to Educate Youth

Counsellor and Head of Development Cooperation at the Canadian High Commission, Walter Bernyck, addresss a recent press conference at the Ministry of Justice

7 years ago Development

Canada Pleased with CISS System

The Canadian High Commission is expressing pleasure with the operation of the Case Information Statistical System (CISS) in the nation’s courts. CISS, a component of the Canadian Government-funded Justice Undertakings for Social Transformation (JUST) programme, captures data on court-related activities. It was implemented in the parish courts in October 2016. The system is intended to enable the relevant stakeholders to...

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen.

7 years ago Governor GeneralHealth & Wellness

I Believe Initiative to Provide Mental Health Support for Young People

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, says the ‘I Believe Initiative’ will be working collaboratively to address mental health issues affecting youth. Such support, he said, will better enable individuals to realise their full potential, cope with stress, work productively and make a meaningful contribution to communities. “Youth who are battling mental health crises cannot be empowered...

7 years ago Housing

Government Exploring Intergenerational Mortgage Option

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has announced that the Government is exploring the possibility of introducing an intergenerational or sixty-year mortgage programme, through the National Housing Trust (NHT). The Prime Minister was speaking on Wednesday (October 24) at the NHT Groundbreaking Ceremony for Friendship Oaks in Goshen St. Elizabeth. According to Prime Minister Holness, the proposed intergenerational mortgage programme would allow...

National Mathematics Coordinator at the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dr. Tamika Benjamin. (FILE)

7 years ago Education

Education Ministry Accepting Nominations for 2019 Math Teacher of the Year

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information is accepting nominations for its 2019 Mathematics Teacher of the Year Competition. The annual competition is open to mathematics teachers who have consistently applied best practices effectively in the classroom. National Mathematics Coordinator at the Ministry, Dr. Tamika Benjamin, told JIS News that the competition forms part of the Ministry’s ongoing National Mathematics...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (right), assists a grade-one Mona Heights Primary School student with her lesson. The Minister was taking part in the opening of a new grade-one classroom at the school’s Aralia Drive address in Kingston on Thursday (October 25).

7 years ago EducationInformation

Education Ministry to Receive 10,000 ICT Devices

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, says a Jamaican diaspora organisation in the United States is to donate more than 10,000 information and communications and technology (ICT) devices to the education sector. The items will include computer servers, laptops and desktop computers, the Minister noted. Senator Reid was speaking to JIS News at the opening...

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Government Town Planner, National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), Peter Knight (centre), emphasises a point during discussion with (from left), Director of the Planning, Projects, Monitoring, Evaluation and Research Division, NEPA, Ainsworth Carroll; Lead Consultant for Canadian-based firm, ESSA Technologies Limited, Dr. Ravidya Burrowes; President, EPN Consultants Limited, Beverline Brown Smith; and Director of the Environmental Management and Conservation Division, NEPA, Anthony McKenzie. Occasion was a Stakeholders’ Inception Meeting towards the preparation of NEPA’s 2017 State of the Environment (SOE) Report at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on Thursday (October 25).

7 years ago EnvironmentVision 2030

NEPA Preparing State of the Environment Report

The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) is in the process of preparing the 2017 State of the Environment (SOE) Report, which will outline the entity’s environmental stewardship over the last four years. This was disclosed by Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Government Town Planner, NEPA, Peter Knight, who said the report “is a very useful document that (will serve...

State Minister in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., makes a point in his presentation on the topic, ‘Challenges of the Windrush Generation’, during the University of the West Indies (UWI) Department of Sociology, Psychology and Social Work’s biweekly departmental seminar, held at the Senate Building today (October 25) at the UWI, Mona Campus.

7 years ago Foreign Affairs

State Minister Says Government Will Continue to Advocate for Windrush Generation

State Minister in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., says the Government will continue to actively advocate on behalf of the Windrush Generation. “The Government will continue to actively advocate for resolution to this Windrush immigration crisis, including the matter of just and adequate compensation to victims,” Senator Charles Jr. said. “We...